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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Uther asks if Merlin knew what would happen, what does Merlin say?

2. What does Merlin do to save himself?

3. What is Merlin being called?

4. Who has been taken at Doward?

5. With whom does Uther want to love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Uther described at this point in the story?

2. What does Merlin reveal to the dying Cadal?

3. What happened when Ambrosius died?

4. What happens to Ambrosius?

5. Why do King Vortigern and his men want to kill Merlin?

6. What happened to Vortigern and the Queen?

7. When Merlin is told the men think of him as a prophet, what does Merlin think?

8. What happens to Dinias?

9. How would Merlin's mood be described as Uther is with Ygraine?

10. Why is Uther mad at Merlin at the end of this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing plays a major role in this novel, giving the characters a sense of what might happen as well as helping the reader to see how the story may or may not unfold.

Part 1 - Give at least three examples of foreshadowing in the novel.

Part 2 - Describe each example of foreshadowing, the setting, and whether it came true the way it was perceived.

Part 3 - Why do you think foreshadowing is used in this story? What does it contribute to the story? To the characters? To the outcomes?

Essay Topic 2

Time seems to be scattered in this novel, with time slowing down and then speeding up at irregular intervals.

Part 1 - What is the importance of time in this novel? Is it important? Why?

Part 2 - What does Merlin's storytelling and the lapses in the time periods seem to say about Merlin?

Part 3 - Can the reader understand the story when it's not told in a linear fashion? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of the sight in this story is another recurrent idea. Some characters have the sight, but not everyone chooses to use it as others do.

Part 1 - List as many characters as you can that have the gift of the sight at any point in the novel.

Part 2 - What does the sight allow these characters to do?

Part 3 - What is the significance of the sight? What does it mean in a larger sense? What does it create for the novel?

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